It's two days until the official Emmy Nominations are announced, and for most people this is a trifling thing. Most people don't particularly care about the Emmys, even people who are intense television fans. I understand that. Awards shows are generally meaningless, and it's hard to convince a cynic that you should care about something so arbitrary and often unjust. But, that's why you don't argue with a cynic, and that's why it's hard to rationalize a personal love for the Emmys. I am a huge fan of Awards shows, and I'm not ashamed of it – they're fun. It's a competition, there's suspense, there's real drama, and it makes for good television. In anticipation of Thursday's nominations, my fellow BuddyTV writer John Kubicek and I recorded a series of podcasts discussing all the major Emmy categories. You can find our discussions about the Drama acting categories below.
Below are links to the four different major categories, for which you will find roughly ten minute conversations on each. The drama categories, for acting at least, are tough ones, with a lot of wild cards thanks to some new shows. John Kubicek absolutely thrashes me when it comes to overall knowledge of the dramatic series – he's seen pretty much all of them, while there are a couple gaps for me. No matter, though, the conversations were fun regardless.
For each category we each went through who we predict will be nominated and who we predict will win. Then, we also gave our personal list for who we think should be nominated, and who should win. Obviously, the personal lists are far different from our predictions. Awards voters have a predilection towards established series and veteran actors who have been nominated before. Name recognition is currency in Hollywood, and nowhere is this more clear than in awards nominations. Here are the links for each discussion:
Best Actor - Drama Podcast
Best Actress - Drama Podcast
Best Supporting Actor - Drama Podcast
Best Supporting Actress - Drama Podcast
-Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer
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